TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE for the LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND

June 23-25, 2017 in Seattle, Washington

M.C. Connie Willis

Attending memberships are $60 and include all Locus events except the Writers Workshop – including readings, a kickoff party hosted by Clarion West for instructor Daryl Gregory (the first of their six summer parties honoring 2017 instructors), panels with leading authors, an autograph session, the lunch banquet, and a Hawaiian shirt plus trivia contest judged by the fabulous Connie Willis, who will MC the ceremony and present the Locus Awards, with news about more associated events to follow!

Locus Awards attending and supporting memberships also include a set six-month digital subscription to Locus magazine, from our February 2017 issue (our Year-in-Review issue with Recommended Reading List and Poll & Survey) to August 2017 (with the Locus Awards photo coverage and writeup) and everything in between. (Member subscription is non-transferable and does not affect or extend existing subscriptions.)

Nancy Kress & Jack Skillingstead

Supporting memberships are $27 and include the six-month set subscription. Supporting memberships purchased before the price change on May 1 can upgrade at any time (until the event is sold out) to full membership for $23; purchased after May 1, upgrade price is $33.

Neil Gaiman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Tim Minchin

Locus Awards events will be held at the Best Western Executive Inn at 200 Taylor Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109, with excellent access to the light rail and trolley systems and directly across the street from the Seattle Center, home to the Museum of Pop Culture, which houses the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Special room rates for the Locus Awards are $169 per night for one or two people, with $15.00 charged per additional adult. These rates will be applicable from Thursday, June 22 through Sunday, June 25. Please make hotel reservations by May 23, 2017 in order to secure the special room rate. For hotel reservations, call the direct number at 1 (206) 448-9444 and mention the "Science Fiction Awards 2017". If you need to book additional days, please e-mail Locus or call us at (510) 339-9196 and we will try to arrange it for you.

Thinking of attending? Please do. We support diversity! We encourage people of color, women, people with disabilities, older people, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to attend. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, age, size, nationality, religion, culture, education level, and self-identification.

Locus Writers Workshop

The Locus Writers Workshop will be taking place the same weekend, taught by Connie Willis and Carrie Vaughn. Click here to sign up for the workshop. Additional fees apply and workshop registration is limited.

Locus Awards Schedule

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.: Party hosted by Clarion West for Awards Weekend tickets holders as well as supporters, alumni, and friends of Clarion West, in honor of first week instructor Daryl Gregory.

Saturday, June 24

10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: "Polishing the Potato: The Best Story from the Worst Idea" panel with Annie Bellet, Robert Jackson Bennett, Curtis Chen, Carrie Vaughn, and Connie Willis.

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: "How Much Is That Trope in the Window? Repurposing Genre Elements to Tell New Stories" panel with Daryl Gregory (m), Seanan McGuire, Matt Ruff, and Nisi Shawl. (There will be donuts here, too!)

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: "Donut Salon: Meet and Chat with Short Fiction Authors and Editors" roundtable talk about the world of short fiction with Eileen Gunn, Jack Skillingstead, Michael Damian Thomas, and Caroline M. Yoachim, over donuts.

Norwescon is the Pacific Northwest's Premier Fantasy and Science Fiction Convention and one of the largest regional Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions in the United States, next held March 29-April 1, 2018 at SeaTac WA. More details about Norwescon can be found at www.norwescon.org.

Arisia is New England's largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention, next held January 12-15, 2018 in Boston, MA. More details about Arisia can be found at www.arisia.org.

Thanks to Leslie Howle for her additional assistance and sponsorship of the Locus Awards events.